Andréeneset

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This was the resting place of the Arctic balloon expedition of 1897 organised by S. A. Andrée. The expedition had attempted to overfly the North Pole in a hydrogen balloon, but was forced down on the pack ice about 300 kilometres (190 mi) north of Kvitøya on July 14, less than three days after their launch. They reached the island on foot by October 6 and settled on the only ice free part on the island, on what is now called Andréeneset.Its remains were discovered in 1930, over thirty years later. It turned out that the three members of the expedition died within a few weeks after reaching the island.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andréeneset
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Coordinates:   80°5'20"N   31°26'21"E
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